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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFicE.

CHARLES N. LEONARD, OF INDIANAPOLIS,-INDIANA.

COMBINED DESK AND TYPE-WRITER CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,233, dated March26, 1889.

Application filed September 18, 1888- Serial No, 285,736- (No model.)

T 0 all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES N. LEONARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Combined Desk and Type-WVnt-er Cabinet, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved desk and type-writer cabinetcombined.

The object of my improvement is to so combine a swinging table with adesk having a fixed top that the said swinging table may operate toinclose the type-writer beneath the desk-top when the writer is not inuse and to support the type-Writer in operative position, the said tablebeing brought into either position without disturbing the desk-top ormaterial thereon, all as hereinafter fully described. The accompanyingdrawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 represents a front elevation. Fig. 2 represents a verticalsection at 2, Fig. 1, showing the cabinet as closed in full lines and asopen in dotted lines. Fig. 3 represents, on an enlarged scale, a plan ofthe under side of the type-Writer table at the line 3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4represents a partial section, on an enlarged scale, at the line 4, Fig.2. Fig. 5 represents a horizontal section at the line 5, Fig. 4.

A A are vertical wooden walls forming the sides of the cabinet. Saidside walls are connected by a back wall, B, a rear cross-bar, C, a frontcross-bar, D, and a desk-top, E, all of which are fastened permanentlytogether, the side walls having in some cases sets of drawers, F F,secured to their outer sides, and the desk-top being in that case ofsufficient length to cover the drawers also. To the under side of thedesk-top is secured, between the side walls, A, a longitudinal rib, G.

H is the table to which the type-writer (shown in dotted lines) issecured. Said table is of a suitable length to nicely fill the spacebetween the side walls and of sufficient width to fill the space betweenrib G of the desk-top and the rear cross-bar, G. The table H is mountedon a pair of folding brackets, I I, which are pivoted, respectively, tothe side walls, A A, at j j. Each of said brackets consists of an arm,k, which is adapted at one end to be pivoted to the side wall of thecabinet, and is provided, about midway of its length with aforwardly-projecting curved brace, l, and a second arm, m, which ispivoted to arm it near its outer end at u, thus forming a bracket whosearms may be folded one upon the other.

Brace Z is provided wi th a projecting lug, 0, which limits the downwardmovement of arm m and also with a projecting stop, p, and a notch, 1',which also limit the movement of arm m, as hereinafter explained. Thetable H being secured at each end to the arms m m of the brackets I I, apair of catch-levers, s s, are pivoted to the under side of the table.Said levers are arranged so that their free ends project on each sidebeyond the armsm m of the brackets so as to engage the stops p and thenotches r of the braces Z, the catch-levers being held normally in thisposition by springs 15 t, and being simultaneously retracted by means ofthe forked rod U.

It will be observed that arms 71; of brackets I I project beyond thepoint u, where armsm are pivoted thereto. Said projecting parts of armsis engage the inner side of the front cross-bar, D, and thus limit theforward movement of the brackets.

Secured to the inner side of front crossbar, D, are a pair ofcatch-levers, 'v c. Said catch-levers are arranged to engage and holdthe upper ends of brackets I I when raised. They are held normally inposition for engagement by springs w w, and are simultaneously retractedby means of a short shaft, 00, arranged to turn in the front cross-bar,and having secured thereto, on the inner side, a lever, g, which isconnected to the catch-levers by rods .2 2.

The operation of my device is as follows: The type-writer having beenpermanently secured to the table H, and the parts being in the positionshown in Fig. 2, the type-writer is inclosed and out of the way of onesitting at the desk. levers s s engage the stops p on the braces l ofbrackets I I, thus supporting the table II in an inclined position, andthe arms of the brackets rest on stops like q, secured to the sidewalls. WVhen the operator desires to bring the typewriter into workingposition,

When in this position, the catch- IOO he first disengages levers s fromthe braces Z by pulling rod U outward. This allows arms m of thebrackets and table H to swing downward until stopped by the lug 0, asshown in dotted lines at 1, Fig. 2. Brackets I, carrying the table, arenow swung outward until their arms 7a are caught and held by thecatch-levers 1' 1', thus bringing the table into the po sition shown at2, Fig. 2. Arms m of the brackets are now swung outward and upward untilthe catch-levers .s' engage the notches *r of the braces 7, thus lockingthe table in the position shown in dotted lines at 6, Fig. 2. Inreturning the type-writer to its position first described theseoperations are reversed.

It will be observed that the type-writer is thus brought into positionfor use when wanted and again put away without disturbing any papers orother material which may be lying on the desktop.

I claim as my invention- 1. A combined desk and cabinet consisting ofthe following elements, namely: a pair of side walls, a back wall, and adesk-top, all secured together in a fixed relation to each other, a pairof brackets each consisting of two arms pivoted together so as to foldone upon the other, one of said arms being pivoied to the side wall ofthe cabinet, a table mounted on saidfolding arms, means for securing thetable in different positions relative to the arms of the brackets whichare pivoted to the side walls, and means for locking said arms in avertical position, all combined and arranged to co-operate substantiallyas and for the purpose specified.

2. In combination with the side alls of a type-writer cabinet, the pairof folding brackets, each having an arm, 70, arm m, pivoted.

thereto, and a brace, 1, said brace being provided with a series ofstops, the table secured to said brackets, and the catch -leversarranged to engage said stops, all combined and arranged to cooperatesubstantially as specifled.

3. The combination of a desk having a fixed. top, a pair of bracketspivoted to the supports of said desk-top, and each having a folding arm,a table secured to said folding arms and arranged to swing beneath saiddesk-top, all arranged to co-operate substantially as specified, wherebythe table is folded beneath and projected below and in front of thedesk-top, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

CHARLES N. LEONARD.

Witnesses:

H. P. H001), V. M. Moon.

